Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-15
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

Lacey from the Sioux Falls penitenti.
airy. Lacey was convicted OF man.
slaugbterin Mitchell in 1882 and sen.
fenced to twenty years.
At Watertown, A. Dough. giving his
name as Morris Denny, stole $50
from a drunken farmer from HamIina
county. The farmer choked a contes.
sion out OF Denny, got his money and
had the thief arrested.
The engagement is announced OF
Second Lieutenant Henry r. Adams,
Twenty-ffth infantry, and Miss
Maud L. Gray, daughter of Capt.
Cyrus \. Gray. late of the United
States army. Their marriage will
take place early in January next in
Washington. ID. c. Lieut.. Adams grad.
uated from West Point last June, and
was appointed a second lieutenant in
Capt. Gray's former company, sta.
toned at Fort Meade, Oak.
At Pierre. warrants we're issued by
United States Commissioners Coy for
the arrest OF Standing Boy and twenty
other Indians. charging them with as.
sauIt in having pulled guns on settlers
who had bought wood of them. The
wood was on the Winnebago reserva-
ton, and after the whites had paid
for the wood the Indians refused to
allow them to depart with their pur.
chase.
The Fargo Board of Trade hopes to
get several new manufacturing estab-
lishments TO locate at Fargo.
The tracklayers on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, who expected to spike
down the last rail in Sioux Falls on
the 10th inst, win probably not reach
there before the LIST of January. They
are now fourteen miles distant.
The Huron Coal and Mining com-
pany reorganized, with John A Kemp
as president, Henry h. Rice vice p-esi-
dent, III. S. Brown secretary aud
treasurer and James Russell superin-
tendent. These are all business men.
The company is understood to have
abundant cash to carry the enter
prise to success.
Ezra Baird, United States marshal
for Idaho, arrived at Sioux Falls.
with five Mormons for the United
States p~enitsntiary. They are all
from Idaho, and have been convicted
of polygamy. Josiah Richardson,
Austin G. Green. Josephing Byinyton
and William Severen have been con-
victed of adultery aud sentenced to
the penitentiary for three years.
These four have also been convicted
OF unlawful cohabitation, which adds
six months to their sentences. The
fifth man is Sidney Weeks. who has
been convicted of adultery. His SEN
tence is for three years.
The p~ostofice at Dunbar, Sargent
county, was discontinued.
The Aberdeen Electric Light compa-
ny have just added an ~incandescant
plant and nearly all the business are
using them.
Sheriff Benton and his deputy at
Fargo were found guilty OF cruelty to-
animals and fined S61. 80.
A grader named Miller, employed on
the Duluth. Willmar 4 Sioux Falls
railroad grade at Palisade, took q cam
of dynamite into the blacksmith shop
to thaw it out, with the usual result
Mrs. Ritzius, wife OF Capt. H. p
Ritzius, of the United States army.
died at her residence In Yankton Of
consumption. Her first husband was
Col. William Pond. who was United5
States district attorney for Dakots7
several years previous 70 his death
which occurred several years ago.
Mrs. Mason of Yankton, who had
the lucky number which drew $1,000
in a lottery recently. was u member
of a pool OF Sioux Falls ladies. She
refused to wback up even, and Tho
Sioux Falls National bank, &c xhieA
the money had been forwarded, va
enioined by the five other members d
the pool from paying 1t over to Mrs
Mason. 1t leaked out recently thai
in the event ths matter vas taken ID
TO court, the $4,000 would be de
clared contrabanG stuff and conf
Gated for the benefit ofehe schoolfund
and the lucky ladies have conclude
to compromise with the iuckiest me-
Der of the pool. Thus the school fun
loses a fat wad.
Auditor Ward has revoked the au
thority of the Chesapeake I~nsurano
company OF Washington. d. C., and
that of the Trans-Continental F1
and Marine, OF Mandan; the torme
because OF its disregard of Obligation
and the latter Tor lack of capital.
Otto Poemiller has been sworn
as a member of the Yankton asylu1
board.
August Methian, Jr., on his father
farm, three miles west of Scotland
was engaged in grinding corn With
horse power and crusher when
machine became cloeged You
Nathan undertook to clean the m
chine out while in motion and d
head was caught between the swee
and tumbling rod breaking his heck.
j. A. Mcintosh. who vas wanted
the murder of a Philadelphia trsv4
ing mans wife and two children Y
caught at Fargo.